Palaeontologia Electronica, Volume (19), No (3), Year (2016-11) , Pages (1-12)

Title : ( First report of Quaternary mammals from the Qalehjough area, Lut Desert, Eastern Iran )

Authors: Narges Hashemi , Ali reza Ashouri , Mansour Aliabadian , Mohamad Hosein Mahmudy Gharaie , Antonio Sánchez Marco , Julien Louys ,

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Abstract

Taxonomic study of Quaternary mammal remains from the Qalehjough fossil site, eastern Iran, has resulted in the identification of two mammal orders, Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla, with four families and six taxa. Of particular note was the recovery of Stephanorhinus and a caballoid horse. These remains have provided the first opportunity to examine Late Quaternary faunal assemblages in the northern parts of the Lut Desert, eastern Iran. The Qalehjough faunal assemblage documents some zoogeographic characteristics of the eastern Iranian Plateau, and suggests that palaeoenvironments in this part of Iran during the Pleistocene were more humid and wooded than today. The disappearance of rhinoceroses and caballoid horses from this region is most likely a result of climate change and concomitant habitat loss.

Keywords

Quaternary; eastern Iran; paleoenvironment; Perissodactyla; Artiodactyla
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author = {Hashemi, Narges and Ashouri, Ali Reza and Aliabadian, Mansour and Mahmudy Gharaie, Mohamad Hosein and Antonio Sánchez Marco and Julien Louys},
title = {First report of Quaternary mammals from the Qalehjough area, Lut Desert, Eastern Iran},
journal = {Palaeontologia Electronica},
year = {2016},
volume = {19},
number = {3},
month = {November},
issn = {1935-3952},
pages = {1--12},
numpages = {11},
keywords = {Quaternary; eastern Iran; paleoenvironment; Perissodactyla; Artiodactyla},
}

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%0 Journal Article
%T First report of Quaternary mammals from the Qalehjough area, Lut Desert, Eastern Iran
%A Hashemi, Narges
%A Ashouri, Ali Reza
%A Aliabadian, Mansour
%A Mahmudy Gharaie, Mohamad Hosein
%A Antonio Sánchez Marco
%A Julien Louys
%J Palaeontologia Electronica
%@ 1935-3952
%D 2016

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